Review: Mamagoto, fun asian eating, Delhi (Chinese-Thai-Japanese)

Mamagoto, the pan Asian restaurant isn’t a new name in the Delhi’s food circuit but perhps quite established already, its almost four years since they first opened shop in 2010 at Khan market i recall. The fancy, quirky, loud and lively décor had attracted me two-three times in their initial years and once again as I stepped inside their Vasant Kunj outlet after a long time today, I couldn’t help admiring how bright and alive their restaurants are….

Review: Yeti, the Himalayan Kitchen, Delhi (Nepalese, Tibetan)

50A, 2nd Floor, Hauz Kahs Village, New Delhi. Ph # +91-11-40678649

This petite little Himalayan restaurant had been on my to-do list for quite some time now and when Delhi’s temperature touched the season’s lowest yesterday, our craving for some hot spicy food took us on the mountain trail to ‘Yeti’. Quite a trail indeed, tucked at one end of the up-market food paradise of the city the Hauz Khas village, this restaurant is at two floors flights end of the characteristic narrow staircase of this area.

Review: Royal China (Fine dining- Chinese)

I had no reason not to give into my friend’s pick in Royal China for our lunch date, especially after the Indo-Chinese lineage in her described it as ‘the best Chinese restaurant in the city’. Though, i must confess that I really wasn’t quite prepared for the opulence that this standalone restaurant offers. Located on the 16th floor of Eros tower in Nehru Place, it is one of the very few restaurants in the city to offer a splendid view of the city.

Review: Indian Accent (Fine dining- Modern Indian)

Indian Accent located in the lush greens of the Friend’s Colony, is by far the best I’ve experienced in fine luxury dining in the genre of Modern Indian food in Delhi, it simply stands apart. The menu designed by the celebrity Chef Manish Mehrotra (who needs no introcution) is an intricate union of the modern and traditional Indian food; it’s both commendable and inspiring to see how adventurous the chef gets with our Indian food and yet manages to keep the flavours true to its traditional roots. The food at Indian Accent is a journey for the palate, a celebration of Indian food with pride in the city’s contemporary and cutting-age dining scenario.

5th Floor, Inorbit Mall, Hitech City, Hyderabad. Ph # 040 69993377

Chilling out with friends is always rejuvenating, especially when you have met after a long time. The evening definitely demanded celebration of a kind and so, on our friend’s request, we headed to a restaurant, which was not too far or too close by, to raise a toast to our get together.

‘Fusion9, Hyderabad’ as the name goes is known to serve cuisine, which is an eclectic mix or blend of taste and aroma. With ‘continental’, Indian, Italian and Mexican ruling the menu, we decided to get a little bit of everything to start with.

Review: Silk Route (North Indian- Thai -Iranian-Continental)

4th floor, Road No.3, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

Thai food has always been one of my favorite. The spice, the tanginess, the colorful cuisine, the beautiful aromas are all a huge driving factor for me. It was this very inclination, which brought me once again, to my favorite Thai food joint in the city, Silk Route, Hyderabad. This was earlier known as ‘Thai Express’, but the management apparently re-christened it to Silk Route, adding a whole lot into the restaurant than before.

Savour Mumbai – recipes by Vikas Khanna

A celebration of Mumbai’s food with three recipes from the book by the Michelin Star winning Chef, ‘Khubani ka
Shahi Tukda’, ‘Chicken Caferal’ and ‘Kacche Kele ki Asharfi’.

A natural flare with crowd and with a gift of gab, this handsome Michelin star winning Chef did not fail to win a thousand hearts during the Delhi launch of his book ‘Savour Mumbai’ at Imperial hotel yesterday. An event organised by the Imperial’s culinary club had the food enthusiasts absolutely awestruck by the humbling smile and down to earth attitude of super Chef Vikas Khanna, who needs no introduction I am sure. In the star chef’s words ‘It’s not just about cooking or the food’, ‘It’s much more beyond that science’, of course what he meant was ‘unmatched love and endless memories that counts’, and I couldn’t agree more for that is exactly what cooking in India is about. The little anecdotes from his ‘biji’s’ kitchen when she would ward them away as they tried to steal dry fruits as children, or even how the use of dry fruits was limited to occasions when super-special guests arrived, were not just amusing but they also took many of us in the audience a little back down our own memory lanes.